User manual SCUBAPRO-UWATEC ALADIN PRIME-TEC

[. . . ] ® ® ® PRIME TEC SWISS MADE BY UWATEC AG Français English Operating Manual Deutsch Safety considerations You must carefully read and understand this entire manual before using your Aladin® PRIME or Aladin® TEC. Even if you follow the instructions of this manual in a careful manner, it is still possible that you may be seriously injured or die from decompression sickness, oxygen toxicity or some other inherent risk of scuba with Nitrox or compressed air. Unless you are fully aware of these risks and are willing to personally accept and assume responsibility for those risks, do not use Aladin® PRIME or Aladin® TEC. WARNING Guidelines for the use of Aladin® PRIME and Aladin® TEC: The following guidelines for using Aladin® PRIME and Aladin® TEC are derived from the latest medical research and the recommendations of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences for diving with diving computers. Following these guidelines will greatly increase your safety while diving, but cannot guarantee that decompression sickness or oxygen toxicity will not occur. [. . . ] If the computer detects a sufficient increase in altitude, it switches on automatically and indicates the new altitude range (1-4) and the desaturation time. Desaturation time indicated at this moment refers to adaptation time at this altitude. If the dive starts within this adaptation time, Aladin® treats it as a repetitive dive, since the body is offgassing. Altitude is divided into five ranges, which are influenced by barometric pressure. That is why the defined altitude ranges overlap on their fringes. If a mountain lake is reached, the altitude range is indicated at the surface (time of day display), in the logbook and in the dive planner by a stylised mountain and the current altitude range. Sea level to an altitude of approximately 1000m (3300 feet) is not indicated. In the following diagram, you Switching can see the approximate breakdown of the altitude at approx. No deco data ranges: 610 mbar gauge mode 4000 m 13120 ft 3000 m 9840 ft 2000 m 6560 ft 8. 85 psi 725 mbar 10. 51 psi 815 mbar 11. 82 psi 905 mbar 13. 12 psi Altitude ranges 1000 m 3280 ft 0m 6. 3 Prohibited altitude WARNING Ascent to altitude range 3 and 4 prohibited. allowed altitude: 2650 m (8694 ft). Aladin® shows via flashing altitude segments while at the surface to which altitude the diver may not rise. Max. altitude: 850 m 2790 ft 1650 m 5413 ft 2650 m 8694 ft 4000 m 13120 ft The ascent prohibition can also be displayed together with an altitude range: Example: You are at 1200 m (3937 ft) (altitude range 1) and you may ascend to range 2 only (2650 m / 8694 feet). You may not rise to the altitude range 3 or 4. WARNING TEC If an ascent to a prohibited altitude is detected, an audible alarm goes off for 1 minute (patent pending). Descend to a lower altitude. 6. 4 Decompression dives in mountain lakes In order to assure optimal decompression even at higher altitudes, the 3m (10 ft) decompression stage is divided into a 4 m (13 ft) stage and a 2 m (7 ft) stage in altitude ranges 1, 2 and 3. The prescribed decompression stop depths are, in sequence, 2m / 4m / 6m / 9m. . . (7 ft / 13 ft / 20 ft / 30 ft. . . ). DEPTH DIVE TIME Dive at altitude range 4: · no deco data (autom. gauge mode) If atmospheric pressure is below 620 mbar (8. 99 psi) (altitude higher than 4100 m / 13450 ft above sea level), no decompression data is calculated and displayed (automatic gauge mode). In addition, the dive planner is not available anymore. III UWATEC® Aladin® dive computers 27 English IV TEC Gauge mode WARNING In gauge mode ALL audible and visual alarms and attention messages are turned off. you can In gauge mode Aladin® TEC will display depth, dive time and maximum depth. By pressing scroll from the maximum depth to the temperature, to the average depth, to the time of day and temperature and back to the maximum depth. Gauge mode does not support the calculation of no-stop time or the supervision of decompression. Supervision of ppO2 max and CNS O2% will also be switched off. Aladin® TEC will display no information about microbubble development. The settings for the gas mixture, MOD and microbubble level cannot be set and the dive planner cannot be selected. [. . . ] Insert the new battery, with "+" pointing outwards, into the battery compartment. After battery replacement Aladin® will perform an automatic test (8 sec. ) and gives a short beep when the test is done. WARNING 10. The battery cap can be installed with a ±120° offset. The alignment circles are there to ensure proper positioning of the cap. If the rotation is stopped before alignment, watertightness may not be ensured. [. . . ]